The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

been done without being stained Dy one
act or world of violence or crime, while
Lord LansdoWne has added to his guilt
as an exterminator in Ireland the worse
guilt of the cowardly instigation TO out
rage and murder. In this matter all
the strength Of reason and Justice as
we'll is upon your side, and all the law
lessness and brutality as we'll upon his.
But, thank God. the tremendous ad-
vantage of having this matter tried not
before a small packed jury, no, but be-
fore a jury ofG0 ,O00, 900 of American free
men, aye. and of Canadian freeman,
who watched every phase and every
turn of this fight in Canada. 1t was a
chance such as we never had before.
and / think Father Cronin of Buffalo,
who is listening to me, and who is one
of the noblest Irishmen in all that con
tinent Of America, will bear me out
when L say that the result of that mis-
sion has been the most tremendous out
pouring of sympathy for the Irish
cause that could burst from the heart
of the American people, Yes, / think
we will hear no more about 'Parnellism
and crime" for the future. but may
promise you they will hear something
fcom me about 'Landloriism and
crime" don't believe that Mr.. Cham
herlain will ever again have the hardi.
hood to describe American sympathy
with ireland as foreign and guilty
conspiracy" II it is a conspiracy, it is
a conspiracy IN which 60. 900 of the
American nation are pafticipators and
conspirators. Ah. yes, am glad to be
conspirator in such case as that. I
believe that we have silenced that
tongue of scandal and SANDER in Eng
land, bitter and infamous as that
tongue was. / believe the most venom
Gus Of our enemies will scarcely dare
from this forth to say that the purity,
the fearlessness and the Independence
of the Irish cause was not vindicated as
etfectually in the streets oil New York
as even before Orange mobs Of Kings
ton and Toronto. Many an anxious
moment these things caused us, mo-
ments far more anxious than the scoun-
drelisms of Lord Lansdowne's friends
in Canada caused us. But 7 believe
this-that we would have been false to
every responsibility that rested upon us
there in America if we left room for one
shadow of doubt as to the position of
our cause, as TO the position of our i'm.
mortal leader, Cha rles Stewart Parneli.
ILoud cheers am proud to know
that the manhood and patriotism and
the noble breasts OF the IRISH race vim
dicate and justify us to-day in guard
ing that sacred cause Of ours from even
a suspicion of a reproach OF contamina-
tion or ENHANCEMENT. Thank God,
l say once more and with the most
grateful heart [ say it that you, gen
tIemen of the municipal council, can
look back, L believe, with pride and
thankfulness, and not only that, but we
can look forward without doubt and
without dread to the struggle that is
still before us, and the storm Of eoer-
cion that is already darkening the hori.
zop. We can do that. Since we left
these shores Father Keller has been re.
leased and not one single combination
Of Irish tenants has been smashed or
for one instant stayed in their course
against landlordism. [ have brought
message from the Irish millions across
the waves, aud it is, that SO long as the
Irish people have the pluck to keep the
flag Of the plan Of campaign flying here
in Ireland, SO long as we have cam
paigners with the spirit of the men of
Luggacurran and the spirit of the men
on the Ponsonby estate in their breast,
and with men like Father Keller and
Father Ryan to lead them, that 50 long
I tell you, you will have at your backs
the boundless sympathy and the bound
less resources of the Irish race that will
be poured out to you whenever and to
whatever extent you may need them.
The last night stood in America one
of the last messages Igot was message
to Charles Stewart Parnell with a
cheque for $4,000 of English money.
This is the work of our friends in
.America-that is their pledge. L nave
given them a pledge in return, and it is
this, and don't fear to repeat it here
to-day--that come what will, whatever
little terrors sickly savage like Mr..
Balf0ur, whatever bogus terrors of CO.
ercion he may shake in our face, I
pledged for you to America. and you
will redeem the pledge-pledged for you
that Oh this cause will 60, and that this
grand army Of Irish freemen will march
and unconquerable, until
they have trampled down in its last
ditch alien landlordism and ascendancy,
and hauled down from its highest PIN
nacle the last shred of English misrule.
Colquilt Of Georgia is mentioned to
succeed Lamar.
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